Abstract: Application of the new cumulative damage model to two sets of fatigue crack growth data is presented. It is shown that the model can describe the statistical features of crack growth including ...

Abstract: Railroad cars are known to exhibit instabilities in the lateral dynamics at high speeds. To solve some of the problems of stability, an active suspension system is studied for the high-speed ...

Abstract: In this paper, we continue our study of embedded Markoff Chain Models of Cumulative Damage. We introduce and discuss a time transformation that leads to a condensation method. This method ...

Abstract: The dynamic stability of a thin strip, traveling axially, at a constant speed between two roller supports is investigated for the case of zero mean random in-plane loading. Galerkin’s method ...

Abstract: A new model is presented for the effect of length on the fatigue life of long thin continuous components. The model assumes that flaws of variable strength are distributed along the length, which relates the fatigue life ...

Abstract: In this paper we present a study of the almost-sure sample stability properties of second-order linear systems with stochastic coefficients. Using knowledge of the first density functions of the ...

Abstract: A probabilistic model for length effect in long continuous components is proposed that is based upon the presence of manufacturing defects. This model, as well as some traditional serial weakest link models, are compared ...